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<h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#synopsis" name="synopsis">Synopsis</a></h3>
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template&lt;
      typename Iterator
    &gt;
struct <a href="./iterator-category.html" class="identifier">iterator_category</a>
{
    typedef typename Iterator::category type;
};
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<h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#description" name="description">Description</a></h3>
<p>Returns one of the following iterator category tags:</p>
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<li><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">forward_iterator_tag</span></tt></li>
<li><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">bidirectional_iterator_tag</span></tt></li>
<li><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">random_access_iterator_tag</span></tt></li>
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#include &lt;<a href="../../../../boost/mpl/iterator_category.hpp" class="header">boost/mpl/iterator_category.hpp</a>&gt;
#include &lt;<a href="../../../../boost/mpl/iterator_tags.hpp" class="header">boost/mpl/iterator_tags.hpp</a>&gt;
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<tr><td><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">Iterator</span></tt></td>
<td><a class="reference internal" href="./forward-iterator.html">Forward Iterator</a></td>
<td>The iterator to obtain a category for.</td>
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<p>For any <a class="reference internal" href="./forward-iterator.html">Forward Iterator</a>s <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">iter</span></tt>:</p>
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typedef <a href="./iterator-category.html" class="identifier">iterator_category</a>&lt;iter&gt;::type tag;
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><a class="reference internal" href="./integral-constant.html">Integral Constant</a>.</p>
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<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">Semantics:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">tag</span></tt> is <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">forward_iterator_tag</span></tt> if <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">iter</span></tt> is a model of <a class="reference internal" href="./forward-iterator.html">Forward Iterator</a>,
<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">bidirectional_iterator_tag</span></tt> if <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">iter</span></tt> is a model of <a class="reference internal" href="./bidirectional-iterator.html">Bidirectional Iterator</a>,
or <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">random_access_iterator_tag</span></tt> if <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">iter</span></tt> is a model of <a class="reference internal" href="./random-access-iterator.html">Random Access Iterator</a>;</p>
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<dt><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">forward_iterator_tag::value</span> <span class="pre">&lt;</span> <span class="pre">bidirectional_iterator_tag::value</span></tt>,</dt>
<dd><p class="first last"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">bidirectional_iterator_tag::value</span> <span class="pre">&lt;</span> <span class="pre">random_access_iterator_tag::value</span></tt>.</p>
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<h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#complexity" name="complexity">Complexity</a></h3>
<p>Amortized constant time.</p>
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template&lt; typename Tag, typename Iterator &gt;
struct algorithm_impl
{
    // <em>O(n)</em> implementation
};

template&lt; typename Iterator &gt;
struct algorithm_impl&lt;random_access_iterator_tag,Iterator&gt;
{
    // <em>O(1)</em> implementation
};

template&lt; typename Iterator &gt;
struct algorithm
    : algorithm_impl&lt;
          <a href="./iterator-category.html" class="identifier">iterator_category</a>&lt;Iterator&gt;::type
        , Iterator
        >
{
};
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